Freedom is self-determination.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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